Guest Contributor: Mike Wilkins, Industry Expert Cloud computing’s impact on financial technology is at the forefront of everyone’s mind these days, from the pinstriped bankers on Wall Street to the hoodie and jeans crowd on LaSalle Street. As the geek humor bit goes, we all know the cloud’s gone mainstream when Microsoft is running commercials
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Wrap-Up of 2011 Financial Services and Technology Predictions
It seems we have been inundated recently with news stories and blogs on what’s to come in 2011. A number of individuals and companies are coming out with their predications and Top 10 lists for what to expect in the New Year. To make it a little easier and more manageable for everyone, we compiled
Corporate Actions
2011: Year of the Mobile Apps
In the past year, there was a major push in the mobile application space, and I believe this went hand-in-hand with the financial services industry starting to embrace social media and cloud computing. The industry is realizing that technology can keep everyone in touch while on the go. You can now be in a meeting
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF)
Eugene Grygo Joins Financial Technologies Forum as Editor of the FTF Newsletter
Financial Technologies Forum is excited to announce that Eugene Grygo has joined FTF as Editor of its new online publication scheduled to launch next month. The newsletter will cover relevant industry issues and breaking news in the financial technology space with particular focus on securities operations. Eugene comes to FTF with 27 years of experience
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Financial Technologies Forum: The Year Ahead
Well, I have to admit, as much as I love the Holidays and our company-wide break between 2011Christmas and New Year’s (I know, aren’t I a good boss?), it’s good to be back at work and back to a routine. There are lots of exciting things in store for FTF this year and the team
Financial Technology
Technology Update: Apple iPads to The Rescue
Looking for any last minute holiday gifts for your sales team this year? Well how about an Apple iPad? I came across an article this morning on Wall Street & Technology’s website detailing how Anthony Mayo, CTO at Dreyfus, a BNY Mellon Asset Management company, initiated a roll out of iPads to his sales and
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2011 – Wanted: Growth, Innovation & Profit – Needed: Technology
SimCorp recently conducted a survey asking asset managers what they feel the year 2011 will bring about for them and their businesses. The survey reported that many asset managers expect to see a large increase in revenue and assets under management in the next year. This provides a great vote of confidence for the forthcoming
Financial Technology
Who’s Going to Consolidate All the Consolidated Tapes?
Guest Contributor: Steve Grob, Director of Group Strategy, Fidessa Couldn’t resist a smile this week when I read that NYSE Technologies will be producing a consolidated tape in 2011. This comes hot on the heels of a similar announcement from Thomson Reuters, stating that it too intends to provide a real-time feed of consolidated prices.
Derivatives
The Volcker Rule – Say What?
While flipping through the Wall Street Journal last Monday, I did my usual scan of the Money & Investing section. Being that our 5th Annual OTC Derivatives Operations & Processing conference was days away, I settled on a front page article about the infamous Messrs Dodd and Frank. As I started to read the article
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No Such Thing as a Safe Bet – What About Cloud Computing?
With the market constantly going up and down, and back up and back down, and who knows where tomorrow, people are having a tough time deciding where would be a safe place to invest their money. Which stocks should you purchase so you don’t have to wake up worrying that your investment has gone down
